AI data center developer sues for 260 million gallons of Colorado River water annually, reversing earlier pledge
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Curtis Deacon
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A proposed AI data center in California's Imperial Valley is facing scrutiny after its developer, Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, filed a lawsuit to secure 260 million gallons of Colorado River water per year from the Imperial Irrigation District. This contradicts earlier statements by developer Sebastian Rucci that the project would avoid drawing from the drought-stressed Colorado River. The case highlights tensions between tech industry expansion and water scarcity in the arid Southwest.
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· 3 pulledKPBS reported that Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing has gone to court to secure 260 million gallons of water per year from the Imperial Irrigation District — about 750,000 gallons a day — for a planned artificial intelligence complex in the desert.
Earlier, Sebastian Rucci — a Huntington Beach developer...
Questions are mounting around a proposed artificial intelligence data center in California's Imperial Valley because its developer is now seeking Colorado River water, despite earlier saying the project would avoid drawing from the drought-stressed river.
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